Regarding RF, the Yankees could have had the switch hitting Nick Swisher for $13 million (his contract with Cleveland) or right handed hitting Justin Upton for $14.5 million (his contract with Arizona) in 2014 plus an occasional amount of playing time for Ichiro out there, batting left handed. Juston Upton might be worth the $1.5 million plus some alocation of Ichiro's salary when we want another lefty in the lineup (and not to mention some proration of Youkalis's salary to spell Texiera at 1B now that Swisher is gone) more than Swisher, but not the 3 prospects that it would take to get him on top of that money.